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Word: bullah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...Valley to the northeast. Nonetheless, the Soviets have not yet pacified the forbidding, mountainous country. Even with an estimated 85,000 troops in Afghanistan, plus 30,000 in reserve near by, they are unable to control the countryside or protect their lines of communication from guerrilla ambushes. Says Naji Bullah, an official of one of the Afghan rebel groups based in Peshawar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHWEST ASIA: Muslim Ministers Blast the U.S. | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

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